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Can Boys Wear Dresses?

I’m currently an English teacher working in Beijing and I was teaching a class of 3-5 year olds here at work. The subject was clothing and I came to the word ‘dress.’ The following conversation ensued.

(In Chinese) 3 Year old girl: I’m wearing a dress.
5 year old boy: I want to wear a dress!
Girl: You can’t! Only girls wear dresses.
Boy: But I want to wear a dress!
Girl: You can’t!
Boy: Teacher! Can boys wear dresses?　
Me: Of course they can!
Girl: No they can’t!
Me: If they want to they can. I think you should be able to do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. And if wearing a dress is what makes you happy, then you should be able to wear a dress.
Girl: (to the boy) I want you to be happy! You can wear my dress!

The moms watching the class didn’t say anything about it, but the Chinese guy who was training to be a teacher about lost his teeth.

(Submitted by mrloveinbeijing)